Scott, John B., 1761-1814 [Indictment of Sancho in the Easter Plot]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06338.04 Author/Creator: Scott, John B., 1761-1814 Place Written: Halifax County, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 6 April 1802 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 18.8 x 15.6 cm. Order a Copy
One document dated 1802. Item is an indictment of Sancho written by John B. Scott, Deputy Attorney for the Commonwealth in a court of Oyer and Terminer. Sancho is identified as Black man enslaved by John Booker. Document details that he has been charged with conspiring to murder Daniel Dejarnett and to organize an insurrection with other freedpeople, enslaved people and "mulattoes."
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